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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “meme”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “meme”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 20. 2 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Core Rollback 20K+ · 4.7★ (16) wp.org #1 2 WPS Limit Login 100K+ · 4.9★ (83) wp.org #2 3 Pixobe Designer 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Gotham Block Extra Light 30+ · 3.2★ (11) wp.org #4 5 CDI – Collect and Deliver Interface for Woocommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Securicheck – Audit et Sécurité WordPress 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 7 Cyberpret – Calculettes 500+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Cocolis Officiel : Méthodes de livraison pour WooCommerce 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Meritocracy – Near-Powered Gamification Plugin for WordPress 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 RelahConvert Image Tools 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Slider Galerie Native Responsive 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Eliodata MCP Bridge 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 Le Quiz 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 GPSem.io 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Kurgan Internal Linking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Trouverunemesse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 PrivacyTech CMP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Limpi — Inspecteur SEO & visibilité IA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 UnusPay Crypto Payments For Easy Digital Downloads — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Paps Shipping — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 ImmoWP Estimation 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Filter Bar Custom Post Type — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 RoxoBot Chatbot de Navigation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.